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[KirbyJack]

On 2/24/2023 at 9:51 AM, MattTheDuck said:

If you tried to surf like that a couple of decades ago, you'd be risking a beating.

 

You can’t ride the nose on a board that short. 

[Straw-Man]

you can when you're possessed of cosmic powers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Straw-Man]

PEERLESS cosmic powers, i might add!!!!!!

[namisgr]

Goofy cover, but a beautiful and unusual cover color scheme for Marvel

[namisgr]

Other pedigree copies that were in the collection and now dispersed:

    

[Frisco Larson]

On 2/24/2023 at 6:26 AM, KirbyJack said:

Four fingers on Benjy's right hand? Surprised they didn't make him redo this one.

It's a sop to the complainers of FF #3s cover. 

[PDGray]

I have a pretty good run of FFs from 22-135.  I am looking for a 20 & 21 just because I want to complete those - then maybe work my way back from there.  I don't need high grade or pedigree copies - I want lower to mid-grade books to fill in the run.  Any chance anyone here has a lead on those couple of books?  

[Frisco Larson]

I've always found the lettering to be superb on this issue! Makes the rest of the cover easier to ignore ...  

[Frisco Larson]

This Mexican copy suffers from the same cover image. Maybe the inside cover will be cooler ...

[Frisco Larson]

And SOMEHOW, I forgot this on day 45, but since others back fill a little, so shall I. Ok, I'll throw in an inside front cover pic. That alone is worth taking a peek at!!!  

[KirbyJack]

On 2/24/2023 at 1:17 PM, Frisco Larson said:

It's a sop to the complainers of FF #3s cover. 

I will go to my grave convinced that someone other than Jack Kirby drew that round-fingered hand. 

[Frisco Larson]

On 2/24/2023 at 3:09 PM, KirbyJack said:

I will go to my grave convinced that someone other than Jack Kirby drew that round-fingered hand. 

Maybe you'll bump into Kirby in the afterlife, and he'll tell ya all about it!  

[Frisco Larson]

[Straw-Man]

[Mucheee1]

[KirbyJack]

Seeing the CGC slab's description of the last page got me curious. I couldn't visualize it, so I looked it up; first, in the Marvel's Greatest Comics reprint. No Doom or Surfer, but a Ditko Sandman thrown in!

Here's the real one. They used the big Doom/Surfer story to launch another reprint title, Marvel Triple Action, so they kept it entirely out of MGC.

Edited February 25, 2023 by KirbyJack

[Straw-Man]

On 2/25/2023 at 6:45 AM, KirbyJack said:

Seeing the CGC slab's description of the last page got me curious. I couldn't visualize it, so I looked it up; first, in the Marvel's Greatest Comics reprint. No Doom or Surfer, but a Ditko Sandman thrown in!

Here's the real one. They used the big Doom/Surfer story to launch another reprint title, Marvel Triple Action, so they kept it entirely out of MGC.

yup. 
 

[WernerVonDoom]

[MattTheDuck]

[Steviehuv66]

Edited February 26, 2023 by Steviehuv66